Video: Practice Highlights with Eliot Jackson - Leogang World Cup DH 2019

 Isn't he being paid by Red Bull to do this every race?

 @Rubberelli: I think he is, although this is a dream job of many pinkbikers. BTW, is Eliot racing besides or just focusing this season on doing the interviews?

 @mihauek: He said in a podcast that he is not racing this season and just focusing on interviews, these videos, and his website of track/results analysis. Although I think he does bring a bike along and gets a couple laps during practice at each stop just for fun.

 @Spencer22: didnt pay much attention to his interviews then, thx.

 Ahhhh! Thank you so much! I think that accurately captures what I'm trying to accomplish haha. I just think there are so many interesting stories and insights that you guys never get to see. The riders and the sport of DH is so so much more than just "not touching the brakes." I wish we could put everything that I talk about in the videos but it would be like 30 minutes long haha.

John Hall, Aarons mechanic, actually had a heat gun when I was talking to him and he explained how he uses it to remove contaminants from the rotors so that they can keep the brake feel and not have to put on new rotors/pads.

Kevin Joly, Finn's mechanic, talked about how he uses those different tunes Finn was talking about to marry the data to what Finn is feeling. Then he can combine bits and peices of both to help Finn find the right setup to use for the week. They have such a good understanding of WHY you use data and what it can and can't solve.

As for me!
In terms of World Cups @Spencer22 had it right. Although, I don't get to ride at the race. In my dreams!

I am not racing the World Cups this year. I am racing Crankworx, though. So if you want to watch me race (for some reason ) I'll be there I am really enjoying doing this and it kind of satisfies my World Cup itch. I'll be doing it every race this year (Except World Champs. Not the same production for that one). I'll also be maintaining worldcup.eliotjackson.com so that the riders have a place to see sectors.

Outside of World Cups, aka the other 80% of my time haha, I am focused on a few other projects that you guys will like but they won't really come to fruition for a little bit.

Lots and lots and lots of really cool things to do in life Exciting times.

 @EliotJackson: dude, i enjoy these edits or whatever you want to call them. top notch insight coupled with personality. keep it up. are you listening redbull?

 Talent

 Thank you! I also loved your post-race coverage from Ft. Bill.
Would you be able to elaborate on the heat gun John uses? I could see how that sanitizes, but how does that keep the feel and/or reduce the need for new pads/rotors? (I'm asking optimistically curious and not sarcastic or doubtful)

 @EliotJackson: thanks for that! Would love to find out what tricks they use in pits, I guess not many of us will use it then, but its clearly shows how much effort you have to put in to go that track as fast as possible. Cheers and good luck!

 @mtbikemccoy: As you use the brakes, residue from the pads, dirt and other stuff build up on the rotors (and pads). When you put new pads/rotors on you have to go through the break-in process all over again and the brakes, inevitably, don't ever break in the same way twice. When you're at a world cup and you only have a few runs, it sucks to have to use one of them to get the brakes bedded in/adjusted to where they should be and no matter how much you ride through the car park with them on, it really takes a couple of turns for them to really feel right. By using the heat gun to get rid of residue (which is why you would usually change pads st a world cup), John is cutting this process out.

 @EliotJackson: Aha! This makes perfect sense. The heat from high speed use of the pads on the rotors is what beds them in. This can be accomplished with a heat gun. I had never thought of this. For some reason, I had always thought the bedding in process was just about leaving residue from the new pads on the rotors.

 Dude, Eliot is extra dimensional? That's so rad, I always wanted to visit the dimension in which I am fast!

 Erm, just a former World Cup downhill racer. Top20 from the top of my head.

 Eliot is the man, he’s been around for a bit. Pretty sure he and gwin were on he yeti team for awhile,
Raced for a bit, retired, and came back. I think he’s on Giant now? Someone correct me if I’m wrong. Not really sure if he’s racing or not though

 @Brklss: I'm coming from the crowd in spandex. Don't know anything about dh history. But thanks

 @pakleni: Welcome to the free breather and baggy shorts-world.

 Eliot Jackson? Let me introduce you, my friend: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzPcpEr1y-I

 @Thustlewhumber: That were some sick skills! Woot!!
Flying over that rock was funny, other people tackling it so carefully...